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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Making the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Work for the New Economy

Summary Existing technology could automate nearly half of all work activities today. As society continues to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and automation, companies will need fewer workers or workers…

08.06.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Incorporating Health and Safety Data in CareerOneStop Websites to Optimize Career-change Guidance

Summary The Department of Labor (DOL) should update CareerOneStop’s “mySkills myFuture” website and other web properties to provide prospective career changers with comparative information on job-related pollution and safety metrics….

08.05.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Using AI and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality to Deliver Tailored and Effective Jobs Training

Summary To address the critical challenges of lifelong learning, evolving skills gaps, and continuous labor market transformation and automation, all Americans need to have access to agile and effective jobs…

07.29.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Improving Data Infrastructure to Meet Student and Learner Information Needs

Summary The Congress should dedicate $1 billion, 1 percent of the proposed workforce funding under the American Jobs Plan, for needed upgrades to Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS). Major upgrades…

07.23.21 | 1 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Ensuring Good Governance of Carbon Dioxide Removal

Climate change is an enormous environmental, social, and economic threat to the United States. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels and other industrial processes are a major driver…

07.15.21 | 9 min read
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